El imperfecto
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It is used to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past.
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The expressions: generalmente, por lo general, a menudo, muchas
veces, de vez en cuando, todos los días, nunca, siempre can cue
you to use the imperfect.
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There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect: ir,ser,ver.
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It is used to describe people, places and situations in the past.
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It is used to talk about a past action or situation when no beginning or
ending time is mentioned.
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It is used to tell what someone was doing when something else
happened (preterite).
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It is used to tell what time it was (qué hora era), or what the weather
was like (qué tiempo hacía) when something happened.
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It is used to tell how a person was feeling when something happened.
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Remember that hubo and había are forms of haber. Both words mean
“there was” or “there were”:
- Use hubo to say that an event took place (such as a fire)
- Use había to describe a situation in the past
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